Safety-catch for jewelry.



E.P.KOHN. SAFETY CATCH FOR JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1912.

1,038,392. Patented Sept. 10,1912.

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EDMUND r. KOHN, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR JEWELRY.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMUND P. KOHN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Safety-Catches The present invention has reference, generally, toimprovements in safety-catches for brooches, breast-pins,chatelaines,badges, safety-pins, and other similar articles of jewelry;and the invention relates, more particularly to a novel safety-lock ormeans employed in connection with the pin-receiv: ing catch for guardingagainst any accidental displacement or disengagement of the pin-shankfrom the holding catch of the piece of jewelry. a

The invention has for its principal object to provide an improved pieceof jewelry in the form of a brooch, breast-pin, chatelaine, badge,safety-pin, or the like, having a pinreceiving catch and a slidablymounted locking means secured thereto, which may be easily operated andsecured, against accidental disengagement of the pin-point when thepiece of jewelry is once fastened to the dress or other article.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularlymentioned will be tailed description of the same.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, the pin-shanks of breast-pins, .brooches,badges, safety-pins, and the like; and, the invention consists,furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the variousparts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all ofwhich will be more fully described in the following specification andthen finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended toand which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of a breast- Specificationof LettersPatent. Application filed April 17, 1912.

so as to insure in the novel safety-lock for Patented Sept. 10,1912.Serial No. 691,391. 1

pin or bro-och provided with a pin-shank retaining means or safety-lockmade according to and embodying the principlesof the present invention,the locking means being shown in its unlocked position; and Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the parts shown in said Fig. 1 with the locking means inits operated or locked relation to the pin-shank. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section of the same on a larger scale, taken on line 33 of Fig.2. of the drawings, looking in the direction of the arrow 00, and Fig. 4is a longitu dinal vertical detail section of Fig, 3, showing thelocking means in, its operated or locked position in relation to thepinshank, said view being also made on an enlarged scale- Similarcharacters of reference are employed in all of the above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said figures of the drawings, thereference-character 1 indicates a complete piece of jewelry, such as abreast-pin, brooch, chatelaine, badge, safety-pin, or the like, the samecomprising a suitable body or be of any desirable be provided with anysuitable surface-ornamentation upon its face, as will be clearlyevident. Suitably upon the back of said body or face-plate 2 is anywell-known form of pivotal support, as 3, which is provided with a pivot4 upon which is pivotally arranged, in the usual manner, the perforatedend-portion 5 of a pin 6 formed with the pin-pointed end-portion 7.Suitably secured upon the rear side of said body or face-plate 2 is thenovel con struction of pin-catchand safety-lock embodying the principlesof the present invention, the said pin-catch and safety-lock being ofthe general construction to be presently more fully set forth. Securedby means of solder, or in any other suitable manner, to the back of saidface-plate is a pin-point receiving and holding or retain .ingcatch-like member,

as 8, the same comprising two post-like members or elements 9 and 10which are suitably connected with and extend downwardly from the rearside of said faceplate 2. Suitably connected with the lower end-portionsof the said post-like members or elements 9 and 10 is a connecting piece11 forming with the said post-like members or elements the pin pointreceiving socket of the holding or arranged and secured of the drawings.

retaining-catch, just mentioned, the said connecting piece 11 beingpreferably of a U- shaped configuration, as shown in Fig. 3

One of the post-like members or elements 9 is preferably made narrowerthan the post-like member or element 10, so that the post-like member orelement 10 will act as a stop when the pin point 7 is moved in a lateraldirection and thus stops the pin-point 7 directly over the receivingsocket or holding-catch, as will be clearly evident.

.Each side-portion of the connecting piece 11 is formed with alongitudinally extending opening or slot 12, and slidably arranged inthese openings or slots are suitable end-lugs or cars 14: of a slide orcrossbar 13, the said end-lugs or cars 1 L being bent slightly towardthe base of the postlike elements, so as to prevent any lateral slippingmeans, the said slide or cross-bar 13 being also bent or curvedcentrally in an upper direction, as at 15.

As will be clearly evident from an inspection of Fig. 4: of thedrawings, when the locking-means or cross-bar 13 is at the inner end ofthe openings or slots 12, the pin-point 7 is securely retained andlocked within the receiving socket of the holding catch, the parts beingheld in their locked relation by v the frictional engagement betwen thesaid parts,

and any possibility of accidental displacement is done away with; but,when the locking-means or bar 13 is moved to the outer ends of theopenings or slots 12, the

pin-point 7 may be easily lifted from the receiving-socket of theholding catch and the piece of jewelry removed from the dress.

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will beclearly seen, that j I have devised an efiicient and simple lockingmeans for the pin-shanks of jewelry and the like, which is neat in itsappearance, and the parts of which cannot become accidentallydisarranged.

I claim 1. In jewelry, or the like, a pin-receiving catch comprising apair of post-like elements and a connecting piece, arranged to form apin-point receivingsocket, said post-like elements being provided withlongitudinally extending slots, a pin-retaining slide disor displacementof the locking posed between said post-like elements and intermediatethe base of said post-like elements and said connecting piece, andendlugs connected with said slide, said end-lugs extending into andbeing slidably disposed in the slots of said post-like elements, and thefree end-portions of said lugs being bent to prevent lateraldisplacement of said slide, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In jewelry, or the like, a pin-receiving catch comprising a pair ofpost-like elements and a connecting piece, arranged to form a pin-pointreceiving socket, said post-like elements being provided withlongitudinally extending slots, a pin-retaining slide disposed betweensaid post-like elements and intermediate the base of said post-likeelements and said connecting piece, and endlugs connected with saidslide, said end-lugs extending into and being slidably disposed in theslots of said post-like elements, said slide being provided between thesaid postlike elements with a centrally curved and extending portiontoward the base of the post-like elements, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. In jewelry, or the like, a pin-receiving catch comprising a pair ofpost-like elements and a connecting piece, arranged to form a pin-pointreceiving socket, said post-like elements being provided withlongitudinally extending slots, a pin-retaining slide disposed betweensaid post-like elements and intermediate the base of said post-likeelements and said connecting piece, and end-lugs connected with saidslide, said end-lugs extending into and being slidably disposed in theslots of said post-like elements, said slide being provided between thesaid post-like elements with a centrally curved and upwardly extendingportion, and the free end-portions of said lugs being bent to preventlateral displacement of said slide, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 15th day of April, 1912.

EDMUND P. KOHN.

Witnesses ROBERT W. THROSSELL, WM. R. SKILLMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents.

Washington, I). G.

